How to Link Aadhaar Card with the PAN Card
According to the Supreme Court ruling, it is mandatory for the taxpayers to link the Aadhar Card with the PAN Card and the deadline was set at 30th June. With the deadline already having expired, many might have failed to link the two documents. Have you not yet linked? You can relax! The date is further extended. Here are the procedures how you can link your Aadhaar card with the PAN card.
How to link Aadhaar and PAN?
The process is easy and simple through online. Follow the below steps!
• Visit the official website of the Income Tax Department of the Government of India.
• Select Link Aadhar and a page will appear with a set of fields.
• Fill up your Aadhaar details without any spelling errors.
• Select ‘Submit' and a confirmed message will appear if the linking is successful.
Offline Method
In some cases, due to heavy rush of users, the online method may not be successful as the website might be slow to load. The taxpayers will have to fill up a one-page form introduced by the Income Tax Department, fill up the necessary details and sign a declaration stating ‘'not been allotted any other PAN Number other than this''.
Besides online and offline methods, you can also link your Aadhaar and PAN cards by sending an SMS. It has to be sent to 567678 or 56161 in the following format,
UIDPAN<12-digit Aadhaar><10-digit PAN>
In case, you need to make some corrections in your Aadhaar or PAN card, you can visit the official website of National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) and request the changes.
Why should the taxpayers need to link Aadhar with the PAN card?
Failing to comply with the Supreme Court ruling of linking Aadhar with PAN card will be a problem for e-filing tax returns.
Linking Aadhar with Pan Card will help the country tackle multiple PAN cards issued under the single name. By linking, the taxpayer can get his/her summarized details of taxes attached to his unique identification number.
As Aadhaar card is based on biometrics, the chances of duplication are less. Moreover, the number of taxpayers in the country are very low when compared to the total population and PAN card holders. This move will help the government to keep a close watch on the tax evaders.
The government intends to have transparent financial transactions across the country, and it is our duty to render co-operation.